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davesalt | 20:31 Fri 19th Jan 2007 | History

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what does the name stoke mean?

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Accourding to Wikipedia, it is old english, from the word 'stoc' meaning 'dependent farmstead, secondary settlement'.

Sam x
(From Stoke on Trent)

What about stoke as in stoking a boiler, ie putting more wood/ coal in?

Woops, sorry, didn't read the question properly!!

Stoke is a Saxon word meaning a "daughter" settlement.

Found in The Domesday Book online:

http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/places.html

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